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Edwards gets fourth win of the season
Monday, August 4th 2008 8:35
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) -When it came to crunch time, Carl Edwards had a dominating car. But it was good fortune that put him in position to take advantage of it Sunday at Pocono Raceway . ''Luck went our way today,'' Edwards said after winning his...
West Coast Guy: The inside info on the preseason
Monday, August 4th 2008 8:01
West Coast Guy has covered pro sports for various papers across California and has been betting since 1978. You can almost smell – and taste – the late summer smog out here. The brats are headed back to school (kids, not sausages), which ...
Baseball bettors facing L.A. inflation
Monday, August 4th 2008 7:44
Think L.A. real-estate prices are high? Just wait until you see what betting on Hollywood’s baseball teams is going to cost you. With the additions of Manny Ramirez and Mark Teixeira respectively, the Dodgers and Angels were clearl...
August good month and bad month pitchers
Monday, August 4th 2008 7:19
The game plan is acknowledging good pitchers and avoiding bad pitchers during their good and bad months of the season. Below is the list of arms to watch throughout the month of August. Note that the win-loss records are those of the team in wh...
New Games At Golden Tiger Online Casino - 08-04-08
Monday, August 4th 2008 7:13
August 4 - Leading Microgaming powered online casino, Golden Tiger, has launched two new video slots to go with their brand new $1500 and one hour free sign up promotion. The feature game quite appropriate for the Olympics with as it draws its inspiration from the Greek gods...
Tuesday’s streaking and slumping pitchers
Monday, August 4th 2008 7:06
Streaking Rich Harden , Chicago Cubs (1-1, 1.11) It hasn’t taken Harden long to settle in with his new club. He is 1-1 with a 1.42 ERA since being traded from the Oakland Athletics to the Cubs. Harden has re...
Top five major league teams to fade
Monday, August 4th 2008 6:49
Odds and betting statistics courtesy of BetJamaica.com Every year after the trade deadline, the sports betting media pumps out articles and analysis about which teams are the big winners. What about teams headed in the oth...
Book Report: Trade deadline boosts volume at BetJamaica
Monday, August 4th 2008 6:42
You picked a great week to be a handicapper. The baseball world is going haywire over what went down at the trade deadline. You usually don’t see big names like Ken Griffey Jr., Ivan Rodriguez and especially Manny Ramirez changing teams ...
Sun Devils enter football season with high hopes
Monday, August 4th 2008 6:34
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -The Arizona State Sun Devils enter their second season under coach Dennis Erickson loaded with experience and expecting to challenge for the Pac-10 title. ''It's definitely not going to be an easy task to win the Pac-10,'' wide r...
Pack prez Murphy says team will welcome Favre back
Monday, August 4th 2008 6:32
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Brett Favre is back. It remains to be seen whether he'll still be the leader of the Pack. The Green Bay Packers reluctantly embraced Favre's forced return to the football field Sunday, after failing to come to a financial agre...
Attackers kill 16 police at Chinese border post
Monday, August 4th 2008 6:32
BEIJING (AP) -Two men rammed a truck into a clutch of jogging policemen and tossed explosives, killing 16 officers Monday, state media said, in an attack in a restive province of western China just days before the Beijing Olympics, the state-run Xin...
Smith returns to Panthers after punching Lucas
Monday, August 4th 2008 6:31
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith returned to practice Monday, three days after breaking teammate Ken Lucas' nose in a sideline fight. Lucas was also present for the morning workout, but did not practice as he recov...
Hot lines: Monday's best MLB bets
Monday, August 4th 2008 3:49
Oakland vs. Toronto (-195, 7 ½) A visit to Toronto might be what the Oakland Athletics need to avoid their longest losing streak of the season. The struggling A's look to do that while trying for an eighth c...
New Orleans Saints team preview
Sunday, August 3rd 2008 12:22
Ted Sevransky is a professional handicapper with Covers Experts. Click here to check out his guaranteed plays. The Saints were the biggest surprise team in the NFL in 2006. Coming off a nightmarish ’05 campaign that was ruined before it s...
Season of change: New-look NFL teams
Sunday, August 3rd 2008 12:15
Bryan Leornard is a professional handicapper with Covers Experts. Click here to check out his guaranteed plays. NFL Preseason is here. Time for players, coaches and teams to turn over a new leaf. General managers have hired some new coaches...